Sacramento Kings at San Antonio Spurs

Wembanyama's 34 points, 14 rebounds, Paul's double-double lead Spurs past Kings 116-96

De'Aron Fox had 24 points, Domantas Sabonis finished with 23 points and 12 rebounds and DeMar DeRozan added 21 points for Sacramento.

San Antonio snapped a four-game skid against Sacramento.

Harrison Barnes had 10 points in his first game against Sacramento since being traded to San Antonio in the offseason.

Takeaways Kings: Sacramento forced only four turnovers in the second half after collecting 12 in the first half. The first-half turnovers resulted in 18 points, but the Kings were unable to continue the defensive pressure against the Spurs in the second half.

Spurs: Julian Champagnie had 13 points on 3-for-8 shooting on 3-pointers. Champagnie has 159 career 3-pointers, setting the franchise mark for the most 3s in the first 100 games and besting the previous mark of 153 by Gary Neal.

Key moment Devin Vassell hit consecutive 3-pointers to snap a 3 1/2-minute scoreless drought in the final minutes of the third quarter. Vassell was fouled on his second 3-pointer, enabling him to add a free throw that put the Spurs up 82-67 with 2:32 remaining in the third.

Key stat San Antonio had a season-high 22 3-pointers after setting a season-best with 16 against Utah on Saturday.

Up next Spurs: Host Washington on Wednesday in the fourth game of a five-game homestand.

Kings: Host Phoenix on Wednesday in the opener of a four-game homestand.

Regular Season Series

SA leads series 1-0

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